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Paradise Lost - Obsidian
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8.5 | 605 votes |
Release date: 15 May 2020
Style: Death doom metal, Gothic metal

Owners:
272 have it
38 want it


01. Darker Thoughts
02. Fall From Grace
03. Ghosts
04. The Devil Embraced
05. Forsaken
06. Serenity
07. Ending Days
08. Hope Dies Young
09. Ravenghast
10. Hear The Night [digipak bonus]
11. Defiler [digipak bonus]

The Best Gothic Metal Album Of 2020
Top 20 albums of 2020: 2
Reviews (2) Lyrics (11)

Staff review by
nikarg
Rating:
8.0
I cannot be very objective with Paradise Lost. It's not just the fact that I grew up with their records, but also that they themselves grew up digging the same music that I did when I was younger.

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published 11.05.2020 | Comments (35)

Guest review by
Gothic Metalhead
Rating:
9.4
I am going to throw this out there and this may seem shocking to some, but I find it very hard to look for an album that I really love from Paradise Lost. I've always had more admiration for their death-doom era in which they not only pioneered but also became the pioneers of gothic metal with their second album Gothic. Even with Draconian Times, I don't necessarily like every song off that album and have my share of criticisms about the album, which is odd. There's no doubt that album is one of the most influential gothic metal albums, but I expected something phenomenal. Then I listen to an album like Obsidian where I finally say to myself: "Finally, a Paradise Lost album that I love inside and out."

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published 01.02.2021 | Comments (2)

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27.11.2020 - 02:53
Rafael Cevidanes
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Surely the best record of the decade (in my taste): the guys magnificently delivered all the possible good things you could expect from PL with some very good new accretion.
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27.11.2020 - 20:59
Rating: 8
Diplomate
I'm not a fan of Paradise Lost, but I gave this album a listen, since it's competing with Draconian for AOTY and since I actually like some PL songs. What can I say, this album is actually really good. The best PL album for me, I like it much more than anything from Lost Paradise to One Second (didn't listen to the others). I wouldn't mind it being considered AOTY, even if I probably prefer Draconian more.
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11.02.2021 - 12:55
Rating: 8
Tom Muller
Strong album as always by paradise lost. Congrats again on the 1 voters!!!
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don't say that
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30.04.2022 - 01:13
Rating: 7
Deadmeat
Necrobutcher
Nice album, almost an 8. Ghosts is the best song for me (Fall From Grace comes next).
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Υou've sold your human essence to the cold world of dead and empty things... You're SOLD!
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16.09.2023 - 15:36
HollowHills
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This band is now more mature, and I expect some masterpiece in the future, maybe not so heavy on sound, but heavy on lyrics and message...
My favorite is still Darker Thoughts, I'd like to hear more songs like it. I hope it becomes their new style.
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29.05.2024 - 21:26
Rating: 9
Frasier Crane
"Darker Thoughts" has become my favorite Paradise Lost song. For a band that formed in 1988 to be creating some of their best work 32 years into their career is pretty impressive.
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